May 20, 2026: Birdsighting with David Sibley

Today is accidentally a twofer, because when you have one of the nation’s most renowned ornithologists living in your purview, and the birds have just come back to the area because it’s spring, that’s just too much perfect kismet to not lean intoSo we’re headed out to the hills along the Connecticut river to go birding with author and illustrator David Sibley, as well as NEPM President Matt Abramovitz, avid birder himself, and digital creator Ayu Suryawan, on a hunt for the recently returned bobolink, and hear about the trials they face in our region’s habitat. We’ll also learn good "do"s and "don't"s for birders, tricks to bird calls, about Sibley’s work for the US Postal service that ties into the 250th celebrations, and more. Plus we get a chance to try out for ourselves NEPM’s own monocular to get a better glimpse of the birds (in addition to Sibley’s own very swanky telescope).(Also if you're interested in either False Knees or Rosemary Mosco's artwork, here are links to each!)